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Malcolm W. Browne, USA, The Associated Press.
Saigon, South Vietnam, 11 June 1963.
Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc sets himself ablaze in protest against alleged religious persecution by the South Vietnamese government.
About the image
Overwhelmed with horror and the smell of burning flesh, Browne shot four rolls of the monk, who died silently. His photos prompted President Kennedy to withdraw support of the Ngo Dinh Diem government (overthrown four months later).
2

Kyoichi Sawada, Japan, United Press International.
Tan Binh, South Vietnam, 24 February 1966.
American troops drag the body of a Viet Cong soldier to be buried.
About the image
Sawada won the grand prize two years running. He experienced many atrocities first hand, but found it hard to talk about. His widow confides that he wasn't pleased to win that year, as the tragic photo upset him. Always a daredevil, he was killed in 1970, while on assignment in Cambodia.
3

(Nick) Ut Cong Huynh, Vietnam, The Associated Press.
Trangbang, South Vietnam, 8 June 1972.
Phan Thi Kim Phuc (center) flees from the scene where South Vietnamese planes have mistakenly dropped napalm.
About the image
Nick Ut remembers how this (now famous) little girl pulled off her burning clothes, screaming, "Nong qua!" (Too hot!), and how he poured water from his canteen on her to cool her off, after which he put all the kids in his van and took them to Cu Chi Hospital.
4

USA, The Boston Herald.
Boston, USA, 22 July 1975.
A woman and a girl are hurled down as the fire escape of their apartment building collapses.
About the image
Forman watched helplessly through his lens as everything gave way, with people, plants and metal tumbling through the air. His pictures were used in a safety campaign afterwards, and he still daydreams about taking more photographs that have that kind of impact.
5

Sadayuki Mikami, Japan, The Associated Press.
Tokyo, Japan, 26 March 1978.
Protest against the construction of Narita Airport.
About the image
The winning image was taken at an anti-airport demonstration at the New Tokyo International Airport.
6

Mike Wells, United Kingdom.
Karamoja district, Uganda, April 1980.
Starving boy and a missionary.
About the image
Wells felt indignant that the same publication that sat on his picture for five months without publishing it, while people were dying, entered it into a competition. He was embarrassed to win as he never entered the competition himself, and was against winning prizes with pictures of people starving to death.
7

Robin Moyer, USA, Black Star for Time.
Beirut, Lebanon, 18 September 1982.
Aftermath of massacre of Palestinians by Christian Phalangists in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps.
About the image
Moyer saw Israeli flares burst above the camps, and went there to discover piles of bodies - brutally shot. He photographed for hours surrounded by the smell of death, while Israeli soldiers joked around. The killers were never brought to justice.
8

Mustafa Bozdemir, Turkey, Hürriyet Gazetesi.
Koyunoren, Eastern Turkey, 30 October 1983.
Kezban Özer finds her five children buried alive after a devastating earthquake.
About the image
Bozdemir witnessed this woman embracing her dead children, while her screams pierced his heart, and said it seemed like she thought her love could will them back to life. His photojournalism career was short-lived, due to Turkey's economy and monopolized media, but he works as a union Press Advisor, and acts as jury member in Turkish Photo contests.
9

Pablo Bartholomew, India, Gamma.
Bhopal, India, December 1984.
Child killed by the poisonous gas leak in the Union Carbide chemical plant disaster.
About the image
Following the vehicles that were taking the dead to be cremated and buried, Bartholomew saw the body of a child, with eyes glazed, milky-white and staring up at him. He says winning put him on the map in the photojournalism world, while his image became an icon of grief and greed in the face of industrial disaster.
10

Alon Reininger, USA/Israel, Contact Press Images.
San Francisco, USA, September 1986.
Ken Meeks' skin is marked with lesions caused by Aids-related Kaposi's Sarcoma.
About the image
Meeks' partner informed Reininger about Meeks's condition, after which he flew cross-country to see if he could see him before it was too late. Reininger tried to keep the Aids story alive, despite the fact that most magazines were not interested in covering the epidemic, but winning led to some short-term exposure for his cause.
11

Georges Merillon, France, Gamma.
Nogovac, Kosovo, Yugoslavia, 28 January 1990.
Mourners at the deathbed of Elshani Nashim (27), who was killed during a protest against Yugoslavia's decision to abolish the autonomy of Kosovo.
About the image
If he had not had the good fortune to find an Albanian journalist, who was prepared to act as an intermediary, Merillon would not have gained access to the house.
12

James Nachtwey, USA, Magnum Photos,
USA for Libération, France.
Bardera, Somalia, November 1992. Mother lifts up the body of her child, a famine victim, to bring it to the grave.
About the 1992 image
Contracting dengue fever and amoebic parasites were worth it for Nachtwey, because his efforts helped raise awareness about Somalia. He felt that shooting in black and white crystallized the emotional impact of the situation and made the message stronger - clear-cut, almost brutal in its simplicity.
13

James Nachtwey, USA, Magnum Photos for Time.
Rwanda, June 1994.
Hutu man mutilated by the Hutu 'Interahamwe' militia, who suspected him of sympathizing with the Tutsi rebels.
About the 1994 image
Nachtwey says his specialty is dealing with ground level realities with a human dimension. He feels that people need photography to help them understand what's going on in the world, and believes that pictures can have a great influence on shaping public opinion and mobilizing protest.
14

Francesco Zizola, Italy, Agenzia Contrasto.
Kuito, Angola, 1996.
Landmine victims in Kuito, a town where many people were killed and traumatized during the civil war.
About the image
Zizola remembers noticing that the war left scars on the local population, the least of which were the physical ones. Despite all this, he was struck by the children's desire and need to return to life and to play.
15

Claus Bjørn Larsen, Denmark, Berlingske Tidende.
Kukës, Albania, April 1999.
Wounded Kosovo Albanian Man walks the streets of Kukës in Albania, one of the largest gathering points for ethnic Albanian refugees fleeing violence in Kosovo.
About the image
Larsen saw this bandaged man one morning, and tried to talk to him via an interpreter, but the man kept walking, so he took five frames - none of which were ever published. He now works as Chief Photographer for the same newspaper that he worked for at the time.
16

Erik Refner, Denmark, for Berlingske Tidende.
Jalozai refugee camp, Pakistan, juni 2001
The body of an Afghan refugee boy is prepared for burial
About the image
Refner went to pay his condolences to the dead boy's father and was allowed to take pictures of the preparations for his burial. The enormous interest in his work generated by the award kick-started his career. He was just a mere student before.
17

Arko Datta, India, Reuters.
Cuddalore, India, Tamil Nadu, 28 December 2004
Woman mourns relative killed in tsunami
About the image
Datta had to shoot fast, before they took the bloated body away. He felt that its gruesomeness would've distracted too much from the grieving subject of the picture, so he decided just to include the hand.
Malcolm W. Browne, USA, The Associated Press.
Saigon, South Vietnam, 11 June 1963.
Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc sets himself ablaze in protest against alleged religious persecution by the South Vietnamese government.
About the image
Overwhelmed with horror and the smell of burning flesh, Browne shot four rolls of the monk, who died silently. His photos prompted President Kennedy to withdraw support of the Ngo Dinh Diem government (overthrown four months later).
2
Kyoichi Sawada, Japan, United Press International.
Tan Binh, South Vietnam, 24 February 1966.
American troops drag the body of a Viet Cong soldier to be buried.
About the image
Sawada won the grand prize two years running. He experienced many atrocities first hand, but found it hard to talk about. His widow confides that he wasn't pleased to win that year, as the tragic photo upset him. Always a daredevil, he was killed in 1970, while on assignment in Cambodia.
3
(Nick) Ut Cong Huynh, Vietnam, The Associated Press.
Trangbang, South Vietnam, 8 June 1972.
Phan Thi Kim Phuc (center) flees from the scene where South Vietnamese planes have mistakenly dropped napalm.
About the image
Nick Ut remembers how this (now famous) little girl pulled off her burning clothes, screaming, "Nong qua!" (Too hot!), and how he poured water from his canteen on her to cool her off, after which he put all the kids in his van and took them to Cu Chi Hospital.
4
USA, The Boston Herald.
Boston, USA, 22 July 1975.
A woman and a girl are hurled down as the fire escape of their apartment building collapses.
About the image
Forman watched helplessly through his lens as everything gave way, with people, plants and metal tumbling through the air. His pictures were used in a safety campaign afterwards, and he still daydreams about taking more photographs that have that kind of impact.
5
Sadayuki Mikami, Japan, The Associated Press.
Tokyo, Japan, 26 March 1978.
Protest against the construction of Narita Airport.
About the image
The winning image was taken at an anti-airport demonstration at the New Tokyo International Airport.
6
Mike Wells, United Kingdom.
Karamoja district, Uganda, April 1980.
Starving boy and a missionary.
About the image
Wells felt indignant that the same publication that sat on his picture for five months without publishing it, while people were dying, entered it into a competition. He was embarrassed to win as he never entered the competition himself, and was against winning prizes with pictures of people starving to death.
7
Robin Moyer, USA, Black Star for Time.
Beirut, Lebanon, 18 September 1982.
Aftermath of massacre of Palestinians by Christian Phalangists in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps.
About the image
Moyer saw Israeli flares burst above the camps, and went there to discover piles of bodies - brutally shot. He photographed for hours surrounded by the smell of death, while Israeli soldiers joked around. The killers were never brought to justice.
8
Mustafa Bozdemir, Turkey, Hürriyet Gazetesi.
Koyunoren, Eastern Turkey, 30 October 1983.
Kezban Özer finds her five children buried alive after a devastating earthquake.
About the image
Bozdemir witnessed this woman embracing her dead children, while her screams pierced his heart, and said it seemed like she thought her love could will them back to life. His photojournalism career was short-lived, due to Turkey's economy and monopolized media, but he works as a union Press Advisor, and acts as jury member in Turkish Photo contests.
9
Pablo Bartholomew, India, Gamma.
Bhopal, India, December 1984.
Child killed by the poisonous gas leak in the Union Carbide chemical plant disaster.
About the image
Following the vehicles that were taking the dead to be cremated and buried, Bartholomew saw the body of a child, with eyes glazed, milky-white and staring up at him. He says winning put him on the map in the photojournalism world, while his image became an icon of grief and greed in the face of industrial disaster.
10
Alon Reininger, USA/Israel, Contact Press Images.
San Francisco, USA, September 1986.
Ken Meeks' skin is marked with lesions caused by Aids-related Kaposi's Sarcoma.
About the image
Meeks' partner informed Reininger about Meeks's condition, after which he flew cross-country to see if he could see him before it was too late. Reininger tried to keep the Aids story alive, despite the fact that most magazines were not interested in covering the epidemic, but winning led to some short-term exposure for his cause.
11
Georges Merillon, France, Gamma.
Nogovac, Kosovo, Yugoslavia, 28 January 1990.
Mourners at the deathbed of Elshani Nashim (27), who was killed during a protest against Yugoslavia's decision to abolish the autonomy of Kosovo.
About the image
If he had not had the good fortune to find an Albanian journalist, who was prepared to act as an intermediary, Merillon would not have gained access to the house.
12
James Nachtwey, USA, Magnum Photos,
USA for Libération, France.
Bardera, Somalia, November 1992. Mother lifts up the body of her child, a famine victim, to bring it to the grave.
About the 1992 image
Contracting dengue fever and amoebic parasites were worth it for Nachtwey, because his efforts helped raise awareness about Somalia. He felt that shooting in black and white crystallized the emotional impact of the situation and made the message stronger - clear-cut, almost brutal in its simplicity.
13
James Nachtwey, USA, Magnum Photos for Time.
Rwanda, June 1994.
Hutu man mutilated by the Hutu 'Interahamwe' militia, who suspected him of sympathizing with the Tutsi rebels.
About the 1994 image
Nachtwey says his specialty is dealing with ground level realities with a human dimension. He feels that people need photography to help them understand what's going on in the world, and believes that pictures can have a great influence on shaping public opinion and mobilizing protest.
14
Francesco Zizola, Italy, Agenzia Contrasto.
Kuito, Angola, 1996.
Landmine victims in Kuito, a town where many people were killed and traumatized during the civil war.
About the image
Zizola remembers noticing that the war left scars on the local population, the least of which were the physical ones. Despite all this, he was struck by the children's desire and need to return to life and to play.
15
Claus Bjørn Larsen, Denmark, Berlingske Tidende.
Kukës, Albania, April 1999.
Wounded Kosovo Albanian Man walks the streets of Kukës in Albania, one of the largest gathering points for ethnic Albanian refugees fleeing violence in Kosovo.
About the image
Larsen saw this bandaged man one morning, and tried to talk to him via an interpreter, but the man kept walking, so he took five frames - none of which were ever published. He now works as Chief Photographer for the same newspaper that he worked for at the time.
16
Erik Refner, Denmark, for Berlingske Tidende.
Jalozai refugee camp, Pakistan, juni 2001
The body of an Afghan refugee boy is prepared for burial
About the image
Refner went to pay his condolences to the dead boy's father and was allowed to take pictures of the preparations for his burial. The enormous interest in his work generated by the award kick-started his career. He was just a mere student before.
17

Arko Datta, India, Reuters.
Cuddalore, India, Tamil Nadu, 28 December 2004
Woman mourns relative killed in tsunami
About the image
Datta had to shoot fast, before they took the bloated body away. He felt that its gruesomeness would've distracted too much from the grieving subject of the picture, so he decided just to include the hand.
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